Before Taylor Swift took over the charts with The Life of a Showgirl, the #1 song in the land was a K-pop tune called ‘Golden’ by fictional band HUNTR/X, featured in the animated film KPop Demon Hunters.

That’s not the first time a fictional band held the top spot. In fact, it’s happened four other times. In order: The Chipmunks’ ‘The Chipmunk Song’ (1959); The Archies’ ‘Sugar Sugar’ (1969); The Partridge Family’s ‘I Think I Love You’ (1970); and The Heights’ ‘How Do You Talk to an Angel‘ (1992).

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